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Mr. D. Warren A. East, CBE has been the Chief Executive Officer of Rolls Royce Holdings plc since July 1, 2015. Mr. East served as the Chief Executive Officer of ARM Holdings PLC and ARM Ltd. from October 2001 to July 1, 2013. Mr. East served as the Chief Executive Officer of Arm, Inc. He serves as a Member of the UK Trade and Investment Executive Board for Technology, where he is responsible for driving the UK’s trade and investment objectives in the telecoms and IT ... sectors. Mr. East joined ARM Holdings plc in 1994 and served as its Vice President of Business Operations from February 1998 and as Chief Operating Officer since October 2001. Mr. East served as the Chief Executive Officer of Artisan Components, Inc. since August 23, 2004. He served with Texas Instruments (TI) for 11 years and latterly managed TI 's FPGA marketing in Europe. He has been a Non-Executive Director at De La Rue plc since January 9, 2007 and has been its Senior Independent Director since July 25, 2013. He has been Non Executive Director of Rolls Royce Holdings plc since January 1, 2014. He served as a Director of ARM Ltd., and Reciva Limited. He serves as a Member of Advisory Board of Quester Venture Partnership. He served as a Director at ARM Holdings PLC from October 2000 to July 1, 2013. He is a chartered engineer, Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology, Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering and a Companion of the Chartered Management Institute. He holds MBA from Cranfield University who also awarded him an honorary doctorate in 2011. He has Bachelor's Degree in Engineering sciences from the University of Oxford.

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